Completed CMON basing system featured Micro Art Studio

[CashWiley]

I have a couple of the resin forest bases from an online sale and I'm glad I got them cheap. Just can't find a use for them, it's a narrow niche of projects that would be able to use them imo.

 

I went for modern bases to use with my Jailbirds; they should be in the mailbox today.

Edited July 16, 2015 by CashWiley

[falstius]

Looking at CoralineAlgae's pictures, I kind of wish I had gotten the ancient bases instead of forest.  Those look much better than I expected for a quick paint job.

[SamuraiJack]

Between this and Dragonforge's ancient bases, I'm covered.. although I too am not sure what I'll end up doing with Forest, might have been better off with Arcane

[Sirithiliel]

I got Ancient and Jungle. I tried to get bases i couldn't do myself, and Jungle with all its plant life was one of those. I'll get some WIP pics of the ones I started painting up already

 

link to my WIP with the Jungle bases: http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/62980-rumble-in-the-jungle-bones-2/(for those wanting to see them with minis on them and some paint. )

the 50mm has a snake i didn't notice as well

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 16, 2015 by Sirithiliel

[Inarah]

Micro Art bases have always been pretty heavily textured.  I used the jungle bases for my Warlord elves, and some of those are nearly as tall as they are wide.  Love the ancient bases, those seem to be the ones with the most flat space available.  I got Mystic this time, and am happy with the options for placement. One thing to remember, you can use a hobby knife to cut off parts in order to make figures fit better. Especially with Ancient and those little leaves everywhere. This new plastic is a little harder than the old, but still very easy to work. 

 

I painted a couple last weekend and they came out well. I noted that they take spray primer better than RMS brush on. They seem to be slightly hydrophobic, and I had to do 2 coats of brush on to get coverage. 

[Citrine]

I got mine yesterday, and I really like them

[CashWiley]

Mine arrived, first eyeball is encouraging.

 

I got the tech and plank bases; thought I had picked up the factory/brick ones. From what I see, I won't hesitate to pick them up at retail.

[CorallineAlgae]

Love the ancient bases, those seem to be the ones with the most flat space available. 

 

I painted a couple last weekend and they came out well. I noted that they take spray primer better than RMS brush on. They seem to be slightly hydrophobic, and I had to do 2 coats of brush on to get coverage. 

 

That's a very good point. The comparatively easy placement options is why I ordered 2 sets of Ancient and a set of Arcane. I also ordered Forest and Graveyard. My daughter wanted the Forest for her Mouslings and various animal familiars, while my son wanted Graveyard because undead. 

 

I didn't bother priming them. They are made of PVC so I went with Brown liner on one and grey liner on another. I'm not sure those dark colors were a good choice for the Ancient bases. Might go with grey or white Reaper brush on primer next time. 

[Wren]

Mine also arrived, but it'll be a while until I get through my painting backlog before I really get to check them out and start using them. Looks good on casual inspection!

[daveismyhero]

Mine arrived last week and I finally had the chance to check them out. I got the following sets:

-Graveyard

-Forest

-Temple

-Ancient

 

The temple and ancient ones should be the easiest ones for me to work with, because they are mostly 2D. The forest bases have a tremendous amount of depth, and it's going to be awhile before I try them out.

 

Is it safe to assume that most people are removing the broccoli bases from their figures to use these? I am a basing noob, so apologies for the dumb question. 

[Inarah]

Yes. Cut carefully with a sharp hobby knife or clippers, but don't try to remove it all in one go. 

[CashWiley]

Yes. Cut carefully with a sharp hobby knife or clippers, but don't try to remove it all in one go.

For metal, save your good flush clippers and use wire cutters and/or a jeweler's saw. Then a file to clean up.